RESEARCH PERSPECTIVES ON ADMINISTRATIVE STRESS: CAUSES, REACTIONS, RESPONSES AND CONSEQUENCES

Abstract

Stress intrigues and plagues the practitioner and researcher alike. Internationally over 100,000 books, journals and articles have dedicated their attention to the phenomenon of stress. Only within the past two decades have we seen the exponential proliferation of articles written about the stresses and strains of school administration (over 1300 articles since 1966). While early writings tended to be anecdotal in nature with little substantive connection to empirical evidence, the past ten years have seen refined interest from researchers.